Adam Lashinsky

Here is a profile of Adam Lashinsky, American editor, journalist, and author:

Early Life & Education

Adam Lashinsky was raised in Skokie, Illinois.
He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from which he graduated in 1989, majoring in History and Political Science.
During his undergraduate years, he was active in student journalism, writing for The Daily Illini.

Lashinsky joined Fortune magazine in 2001.
For many years he served as Executive or at Fortune, covering major technology companies, venture capital, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley developments.
He has overseen editorial programming for major Fortune events, including Fortune Brainstorm Tech and the Fortune Global Forum.
In more recent times, he is or-at-Large at The San Francisco Standard and contributes to The Washington Post.
He is also a Business Insider contributor.

Lashinsky is the author of Inside Apple: How America’s Most Admired—and Secretive—Company Really Works (2012).
He also wrote Wild Ride: Inside Uber’s Quest for World Domination (2017).
He is reportedly working on a biography of William Safire, the speechwriter and columnist.

Lashinsky has appeared on television and radio as a commentator, especially on business/technology topics.
He has had bylines in various publications including The Washington Post, Insider, The San Francisco Examiner, and Airmail.
He previously held positions with Crain’s Chicago Business, The San Jose Mercury News, and spent a year in Tokyo as a Henry Luce Scholar, reporting for the Nikkei Weekly.

Lashinsky’s work often probes corporate culture, innovation strategies, leadership dynamics, and the inner workings of high-profile tech firms. (e.g. his deep dives in Inside Apple)
He combines reporting rigor with narrative storytelling, aiming to expose both the visible and hidden tensions in major businesses.
Across his career, he has balanced editorial leadership roles with active writing and commentary, maintaining both big-picture oversight and ground-level reportage.

He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Ruth Kirschner, and their daughter, Leah.
Lashinsky is relatively private about personal details such as his date of birth; public sources typically do not list a birth year.

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